Jakarta Persistence (JPA) Interface

jakarta.persistence.criteria.Order

An object that defines an ordering over the query results.
Since:
Jakarta Persistence (JPA) 2.0
The ORDER BY clause (JPQL / Criteria API) article explains how to use Order.

Public Instance Methods

Expression<?> getExpression()
Return the expression that is used for ordering.
Returns:
expression used for ordering.
Since:
Jakarta Persistence (JPA) 1.0
Nulls getNullPrecedence()
Return the precedence of null values.
Returns:
the precedence of null values.
Since:
Jakarta Persistence (JPA) 3.2
boolean isAscending()
Whether ascending ordering is in effect.
Returns:
boolean indicating whether ordering is ascending.
Since:
Jakarta Persistence (JPA) 1.0
Order reverse()
Switch the ordering.
Returns:
a new Order instance with the reversed ordering.
Since:
Jakarta Persistence (JPA) 1.0